Apepollo11

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[–] Apepollo11@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Thanks for that - even though it was utterly depressing!

I live in the North of England, near Manchester, so I know our house prices are more reasonable than some other places, but I wasn't expecting that I'd need to earn the value of our house annually to get a mortgage in San Jose. That's crazy!

[–] Apepollo11@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

I think people are downvoting you because "effect" is in there twice.

The first one is right.

[–] Apepollo11@lemmy.world 14 points 18 hours ago
  1. The baby doesn't understand English (although they can recognise the rhythm and sounds of language).

  2. The mother understands English

  3. The baby experiences the same emotions as the mother.

In conclusion, read something that will make the mother relaxed and happy. If that happens to be The Cat In The Hat, then great. I read Don Quixote when my wife was pregnant with our first, our second got Moomin and Hairy Maclary (by virtue of being there when I read to the first).

The most important thing is to keep reading to them, every day, after they're born too. Buy tons of children's books (for your own sanity), do the voices and have fun with them.

[–] Apepollo11@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It says "Access to this page has been denied" for me, so I'm just going to assume it's a list of every US city.

[–] Apepollo11@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

Nice try Gary Glitter.

(Context)

[–] Apepollo11@lemmy.world 55 points 4 days ago (7 children)

I see two possibilities:

  • You get paid for posting this kind of nonsense - in which case then I get it, everyone has to make a living.

  • Your brain is actually broken

A quick run through your recent posts have shown that you're actually the author of some of the worst posts I've come across on here, so kudos. But I'm afraid it's now a "no" from me, and I'll be blocking you from now on.

[–] Apepollo11@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

I love these kinds of stories, but I think that specific example is just a misunderstanding of idioms, rather than an example of pretending something isn't happening, though.

[–] Apepollo11@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I'VE FOUND IT!

It's called Cake Dance

Cake Dance

I'd completely forgotten that the animation was part of a larger story of other similar music videos called There She Is!!

OK, that's my evening viewing sorted now! :)

[–] Apepollo11@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

20 - although that's regardless of the season. I only ever wear pjs to bed if I'm ill.

[–] Apepollo11@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Bit late to replying, but there was a UK Yellow Pages advert in the 1990s that followed this same plot. Maybe that?

https://youtu.be/Ws-0Ea9967o

 

Hi all!

I've been looking for a video that I used to play for my kids when they were little, maybe 11-12 years ago.

It's a music video featuring a Korean (?) (maybe Japanese) rock song accompanied by a really cute animation of a hunanoid bunny or cat trying to deliver a cake.

The animation style was line outlines apart from a few solid colours used for emphasis.

The main character is trying to get a birthday cake to their friend's party, other animals are waiting.

He manages to keep to cake safe despite being squashed on the train, bumped on the street, and having a gang of thugs chase after him. While running from the thugs, he bursts through the door of the venue, trips, and the cake flies out of the box and squashes on the floor. It's a happy ending though, because the girl bunny loves the cake even though it's squashed, and the thugs are even allowed to have some cake.

I vaguely remember the lyrics saying in English "It's your birthday" during the chorus, but other than that it was all Korean/Japanese.

Please, if anyone remembers anything about this, help me!

[–] Apepollo11@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Apologies if you're not, but surely you can see why I thought you were?

  1. Pro-capitalism
  2. Eng(US) spelling

When I was a lecturer, I contacted authors of papers on two occasions (to update slide decks - the papers in question were pay-walled), and both just forwarded the relevant paper on to me. They were both British, which again makes me think there's a culture difference here.

I think for transparency, and to avoid confusion, it's worth pointing out to everyone that authors don't get paid for submissions. This isn't like book publishing. The publishers take other people's work and then make money off that. That's their business model.

[–] Apepollo11@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Found the American!

 

I got some of the Sunlu High Speed PLA that I've been hearing good things about. On the first print I discovered that, while it prints beautifully, it creates a ludicrous amount of dust going through the extruder.

So I open it up to clean it out, when suddenly the tensioning spring shoots out. Searched for about an hour in total, it's nowhere to be seen.

I'd been thinking of replacing the extruder for a dual gear one anyway, so I took the opportunity to order a nice one from Micro-Swiss.

The problem is, that I have an FLSun Q5, and I'd seen from videos online that it doesn't quite sit flush - you need to print a spacer.

So I needed to get the printer patched up for one last hurrah. The spring was salvaged from a broken clothes peg. And it worked perfectly - not just "well enough", but easily as good as the original.

So in summary, if it helps anyone, losing the spring doesn't mean you need a new part - a clothes peg spring works just as well.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by Apepollo11@lemmy.world to c/youshouldknow@lemmy.world
 

I'm seeing a lot of international messages getting this wrong, so this is how you refer to the Prime Minister of the UK.

First, we normally refer to the PM just by name, like anyone else. So, "Keir Starmer" or "Mr Starmer".

"Prime Minister" is not used as a title like "President" is. He's not "Prime Minister Starmer". He's just "the Prime Minister" or "the Prime Minister, Keir Starmer".

Unusually, this new PM is also a knight. Of course, this has its own rules.

If you want to use this title, it's not quite as simple as replacing "Mr" with "Sir'. The first name is more important than the surname here. He's not "Sir Starmer". He's "Sir Keir Starmer" or "Sir Keir".

Hope it helps!

 

Screenshot actually from the film Chand Par Chadayee (1967)

 
 
 

Hi,

I've recently bought my first EV - a 2014 Nissan Leaf - and hoping someone a bit more knowledgeable than me could help :)

The car itself has a Type 1 and CHAdeMo socket.

I have a Type 2 to Type 1 charging cable and a separate adapter plug, but I've found that some charging stations have Tesla branding and weird two-part plugs on that don't seem to fit.

In the interests of being able to use as many charging stations as possible, I'd really like to know which adapter would be most useful to buy!

(I've mentioned UK in the title, as I'm aware America likes to do its own thing when it comes to plugs.)

Any help would be really appreciated!

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